CVE-2025-46735: Terraform WinDNS Provider improperly sanitizes input variables in `windns_record`

1.1 CVSS

Description

Terraform WinDNS Provider allows users to manage their Windows DNS server resources through Terraform. A security issue has been found in Terraform WinDNS Provider before version `1.0.5`. The `windns_record` resource did not sanitize the input variables. This could lead to authenticated command injection in the underlyding powershell command prompt. Version 1.0.5 contains a fix for the issue.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-46735

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 1.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U

Problem Types

CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Affected Products

Vendor: nrkno

Product: terraform-provider-windns

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.19% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 41.11% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46735
https://github.com/nrkno/terraform-provider-windns/security/advisories/GHSA-4vgf-2cm4-mp7c
https://github.com/nrkno/terraform-provider-windns/commit/c76f69610c1b502f90aaed8c4f102194530b5bce

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